In the first quarter, the Rattlers slithered first with Kicker Anthony Brenner getting a 19-yard Field Goal, yet the Barnstormers responded with Quarterback Kurt Warner completing a 30-yard touchdown pass to OS Lamont Cooper.

In the second quarter, Arizona lead off the period with FB/LB Bob McMillen getting a one-yard touchdown run, while Iowa kicker Mike Black nailed a 25-yard field goal. The Rattlers would begin to take command with QB Donnie Davis (who was filling in for an injured Sherdrick Bonner) completing a 4-yard touchdown pass to WR/LB Hunkie Cooper, while the Barnstormers' only response was Black kicking a 20-yard field goal. Immediately afterwards, the Rattlers continued striking as Hunkie Cooper would return the kickoff 56 yards for a touchdown to end the half.

In the third quarter, Arizona continued its domination as Davis got a one-yard Quarterback sneak run for a touchdown, while Hunkie Cooper returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown. Iowa's only response from the period was Warner completing another 30-yard touchdown pass to Lamont Cooper. Afterwards, the Rattlers wrapped up the period with Davis completing a 49-yard touchdown pass to WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder.

In the fourth quarter, the Barnstormers tried to fight back with WR/DB Willis Jacox getting a one-yard touchdown run, yet Arizona wrapped the game up with Davis and Schexnayder hooking up with each other again on a 28-yard touchdown pass, while Brenner would put on the finishing touches with a 44-yard field goal. All that was left of Iowa's attack was Warner completing a nine-yard touchdown pass to WR/LB Leonard Conley.

With the win, the Rattlers got their second Arena Bowl title in franchise history.

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Kurt Warner
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Kurtis Eugene Warner is a former American football quarterback, a current part-time TV football analyst, and a philanthropist. He played for three National Football League teams, the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants, and he was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1994 after playing college football at Northern Iowa. Warner went on to be considered the best undrafted NFL player of all time, Warner will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August 2017. He led the 2008 Arizona Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII, Warner currently holds the seventh-highest career passer rating of all-time, and the fourth-highest career completion percentage in NFL history with 65. 5%. Born in Burlington, Iowa, Warner played football at Regis High School in Cedar Rapids, after that he attended the University of Northern Iowa, graduating in 1993. At UNI, Warner was third on the Panthers depth chart until his senior year, when Warner was finally given the chance to start, he was named the Gateway Conferences Offensive Player of the Year. Following his college career, Warner went undrafted in the 1994 NFL Draft, while Warner was with the Packers, the head coach was Mike Holmgren, the quarterback coach was Steve Mariucci, and Andy Reid was the offensive assistant. After Warner was released, Mariucci told him that he knew Warner had enormous potential but was not ready to be an NFL quarterback yet, after his release, Warner stocked shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls for $5.50 an hour. Warner often notes this as the point when telling of his rise to NFL stardom in 1999. He also mentions his conversion to Christianity that occurred around 1997, Warner also returned to Northern Iowa and worked as a graduate assistant coach with the football team, all the while still hoping to get another tryout with an NFL team. With no NFL teams willing to give him a chance, Warner turned to the Arena Football League in 1995, Warner was named to the AFLs First-team All-Arena in both 1996 and 1997 after he led the Barnstormers to Arena Bowl appearances in both seasons. Warners performance was so impressive that he would be named out of the 20 Best Arena Football Players of all time. In 2000, after Warners breakout NFL season, the Arena Football League used his new fame for the name of its first widely available video game, on August 12,2011, Warner was named as an inductee into the Arena Football Hall of Fame. In 1998, Warner was finally signed by an NFL franchise, the St. Louis Rams, and was allocated to NFL Europes Amsterdam Admirals and his backup at the time was future Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, another famous rags-to-riches quarterback story. Returning to the United States for the season, Warner spent the 1998 season as St. Louis third-string quarterback behind Tony Banks and he ended his season completing only 4 of 11 pass attempts for 39 yards and a 47.2 QB rating. After releasing Banks and Bono following the 1998 season, the Rams signed free agent Trent Green to be their starting QB, when Green tore his ACL in a preseason game, Rams coach Dick Vermeil named Warner as the Rams starter. In an emotional press conference, Vermeil—who hadnt seen Warner work with the first-string offense—famously said, We will rally around Kurt Warner, Warner threw three touchdown passes in each of his first three NFL starts, he is the only NFL quarterback in history to accomplish that feat. Warner drew more attention in the Rams fourth game of the season, Warner finished the game with five touchdown passes, giving him 14 in four games and the Rams a 4–0 record

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Tampa Bay Storm
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The Tampa Bay Storm are a professional arena football team based in Tampa, Florida, U. S. They were a member of the American Conference in the Arena Football League until the league ceased to be divided into conferences due to contraction. The team, along with the Chicago Bruisers, Denver Dynamite and Washington Commandos, joined the AFL as one of the charter franchises, the franchise was originally located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. The franchise relocated to Tampa Bay in 1991, changing its name in the process, the team played in St. Petersburg from 1991–1996, then in Tampa until 2008, after which point the AFL suspended operations and did not return until the 2010 season following the leagues restructuring. It has been in the city for longer than any other AFL team. During its tenure the franchise won five ArenaBowl championships, with 231 wins at the end of the 2016 season, the Storm has won far more games than any other team in AFL history. However, the current decade has not proven kind to the Storm as the teams last winning record was in the 2010 season, the club is currently owned by Jeffrey Vinik, also the owner of the NHLs Tampa Bay Lightning. Home games are played at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, unlike in the case of Green Bay, Wisconsin, there is no municipality known as Tampa Bay. The Tampa Bay in the names of local professional sports franchises denotes that they represent the entire region, along with its traditional rivals, the Orlando Predators, the Storm shares the Arena Football League record for the longest tenure by a franchise in a single market area. It is also the last of the four franchises to have operated in continuous existence from the formation of the league in 1987 until the present. When arena football was first announced in 1986, Jim Foster targeted Pittsburgh, the franchise was originally known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators, and was one of the original four AFL teams formed in 1987. The team was named by Robert Ninehouser whose entry for the name was selected in 1987. They originally played their games at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. On June 19,1987, the Gladiators defeated the Washington Commandos 48–46 in the first ever AFL regular season game, the Gladiators participated in ArenaBowls I and III, losing both. The team moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Tampa, Florida in 1991, the Cleveland Arena Football League franchise now bears the Gladiators name, however, the two organizations share no link in history nor records. The Storm won the ArenaBowl in its first season in Tampa Bay and has won four subsequent championships, up to the 2006 season, the Storm had qualified for the playoffs in every season but one during their time in Tampa Bay. The team played in the former Thunder Dome in St. Petersburg from 1991–1996, since 1997, the team has played its home games in the Amalie Arena which is located in Tampa. After the 1994 season, Greis sold the team to Peter Woody Kern for $850,000, kerns first move as the Storm owner was the hiring of coach Tim Marcum, who is widely regarded as the greatest coach in Arena Football history

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Orlando Predators
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The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League. The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, the team was founded in 1991 as an expansion team of the AFL. The team advanced to the playoffs 19 consecutive seasons between 1992 and 2011, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000 during that span, the team suspended operations after the 2016 season. In just their second season however, they advanced to ArenaBowl VI, only to fall to the Detroit Drive, annually among the league-leaders in attendance, they qualified for the playoffs in 18 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in the original AFL. One noted administrator for the Predators was Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman, Jack Youngblood and he was with the team through the 1999 season. For much of their existence in the original AFL their head coach was Jay Gruden, Jay was the first quarterback in the AFL Hall of Fame. Orlando won the ArenaBowl in 1998 and 2000 under Grudens coaching and he then attempted a comeback as a player, but subsequently returned to coaching following the death of his head coach replacement, Fran Papasedero, in a car accident. The Predators are undoubtedly one of the franchises in the history of the original AFL, and have a legendary rivalry with Tampa Bay. They have met twice in the ArenaBowl, with Tampa Bay winning in 1995, the rivalry, nicknamed the War on I-4 after the interstate that connects the two cities, intensified when Gruden took over as Orlandos head coach. Orlando and Tampa Bay have each lasted longer in their markets than any other AFL franchise, the Predators are unique in that they had played in their previous venue, Amway Arena, for 18 seasons in the AFL, longer than any other team. They shared Amway Arena with the Orlando Magic of the NBA, the 2010 season was the Predators 19th and final season at Amway Arena. The team will move to Amway Center, the new arena in Orlando, a Predators game was the final sporting event ever performed at Amway Arena. The Tampa Bay Storm can surpass that record of 19 seasons in one if they stay at the Tampa Bay Times Forum until 2018. The teams current mascot is a human named Klaw who looks much like the alien from the Predator films. The Predators have played in the ArenaBowl a total of seven times, if you include the Pittsburgh Gladiators two ArenaBowl games before they moved to Tampa Bay, the Storm is the only team that has more. During the 2007 season, the Predators inaugurated the Predator Fan Hall Of Fame, the inaugural inductees are Nancy Morris & Richard Grabe. Morris, who has been a superfan for over 20 years, is known to most of the team and the front office as The PredMom, after moving to the new Amway Center, the majority of PredHeads sit in section 114, and tailgate under I-4 in lot 9. The Predators maintained their organization and web presence after the AFL suspended operations in August 2009

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Arena Football League
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The Arena Football League is a professional indoor American football league in the United States. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America, after the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Foster, an executive of the United States Football League. From 2000 to 2009, the AFL had its own developmental league, the AFL played 22 seasons from 1987 to 2008, internal issues caused the league to cancel its 2009 season, though the af2 did play. Later that year both the AFL and af2 were dissolved and reorganized as a new corporation comprising teams from both leagues, and the AFL returned in 2010, the Arena Football League has its headquarters in Las Vegas. The leagues average attendance since returning in 2010 has been approximately 9,500. After the 2016 season, continuing a pattern of contraction over recent seasons. Jim Foster, a manager with the National Football League. While at the game, he wrote his idea on a 9 x 12 envelope, with sketches of the field and he presented the idea to a few friends at the NFL offices, where he received praise and encouragement for his concept. After solidifying the rules and a plan, and supplemented with sketches by a professional artist. He reached an agreement with NBC for a test game, plans for arena football were put on hold in 1982 as the United States Football League was launched. Foster left the NFL to accept a position in the USFL and he eventually became executive vice-president with the Chicago Blitz, where he returned to his concept of arena football. In 1983, he began organizing the test game in his time from his job with the Blitz. By 1985, the USFL had ceased operations and he began devoting all his time to arena football. The test game was played in Rockford, Illinois, April 27,1986 at the Rockford MetroCentre, interest was high enough following the initial test game that Foster decided to put on a second, showcase, game. The second game was held on February 27,1987 at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago with a budget of $20,000, Foster also invited ESPN to send a film crew to the game, a highlights package aired on SportsCenter. Following the successes of his games, Foster moved ahead with his idea for arena football. He founded the Arena Football League with four teams, the Pittsburgh Gladiators, Denver Dynamite, Washington Commandos, Foster appointed legendary Darrel Mouse Davis, godfather of the run and shoot and modern pro offenses, as executive director of football operations

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ArenaBowl XIX
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ArenaBowl XIX was the 2005 championship game of the Arena Football League, and was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. The first-ever neutral-site title game in AFL history drew 10,822 fans to see the Colorado Crush defeat the Georgia Force 51–48 to claim the Foster ArenaBowl Trophy, ArenaBowl XIX is widely considered one of the greatest games ever played. In a matchup of two first-time ArenaBowl participants, the Crush claimed the Foster ArenaBowl Trophy in just their third year of existence. The Crush got out to a 7-0 lead on the first of four touchdowns by Willis Marshall, the teams then traded touchdowns throughout the remainder of the first half, with the Crush leading 24-20 at the break. The first half was especially notable for being the first time in ArenaBowl history in which neither team threw a passing touchdown. Crush quarterback John Dutton, the MVP of ArenaBowl XVI, and Force signal-caller Matt Nagy would soon change that, however, as the two combined for seven passing touchdowns in the second half. Rookie Derek Lee caught three passes in the half for Georgia, but it was not enough to offset the Colorado attack. With 18 seconds remaining, Nagy threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Chris Jackson, Marshall was named both Offensive Player of the Game and Ironman of the Game, with six catches for 111 yards and one touchdown in addition to three rushing touchdowns. Ahmad Hawkins earned Defensive Player of the Game honors by registering the games lone interception, arenaFan Onlines ArenaBowl XIX Box Score

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ESPN
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ESPN is a U. S. -based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc. a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut, the network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. John Skipper currently serves as president of ESPN, a position he has held since January 1,2012, as of February 2015, ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households in the United States. In 2011, ESPNs history and rise was chronicled by These Guys Have All the Fun, Bill Rasmussen conceived the concept of ESPN in late May 1978, after he was fired from his job with the World Hockey Associations New England Whalers. One of the first steps in Bill and his son Scotts process was finding land to build the channels broadcasting facilities, the Rasmussens first rented office space in Plainville, Connecticut. However, the plan to base ESPN there was put on hold because a local ordinance prohibiting buildings from bearing rooftop satellite dishes and this helped the credibility of the fledgling company, however there were still many doubters to the viability of their sports channel concept. ESPN launched on September 7,1979, beginning with the first telecast of what would become the flagship program. Taped in front of a live audience inside the Bristol studios. ESPNs next big break came when the acquired the rights to broadcast coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. It first aired the NCAA tournament in March 1980, creating the modern day television event known as March Madness. The channels tournament coverage also launched the career of Dick Vitale. In April of that year, ESPN created another made-for-TV spectacle, the next major stepping stone for ESPN came over the course of a couple of months in 1984. During this time period, the American Broadcasting Company purchased 100% of ESPN from the Rasmussens, for years, the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball refused to consider cable as a means of broadcasting some of their games. However, with the backing of ABC, ESPNs ability to compete for major sports contracts greatly increased, later in 1984, the U. S. ESPNs Sunday Night Football games would become the highest-rated NFL telecasts for the next 17 years. In 1992, ESPN launched ESPN Radio, a sports talk radio network providing analysis. It became the fastest growing cable channel in the U. S. during the 1990s, ownership of ABC, and in effect control of ESPN, was acquired first by Capital Cities Communications in 1985, and then by The Walt Disney Company in 1996. In 2012, ESPN generated more revenue for Disney than any of its other properties combined, alongside its live sports broadcasts, ESPN also airs a variety of sports highlight, talk, and documentary-styled shows. 30 for 30 started airing in 2009 and continues airing to this day, each episode is through the eyes of a well known filmmaker and has featured some of the biggest directors in Hollywood

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Most valuable player
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In sports, a most valuable player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best-performing player in an entire league, for a particular competition, or on a specific team. Initially used in sports, the term is now also commonly used in amateur sports, as well as in other completely unrelated fields such as business. In many sports, MVP awards are presented for a specific match—in other words, the term is most common in the United States and Canada. In other cases, Player of the Year is used, in Australia, Australian rules football clubs and leagues use the term best and fairest, while those playing rugby league use Player of the Year, such as the Dally M Medal. The National Basketball League, however, uses the American-style MVP for its awards, in many cases the awards are voted on by members of the media. In others the vote is by players, coaches, or umpires, in recent years, online polls from the public decide some awards

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Mike Adamle
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Michael David Mike Adamle is a former American football player and sports broadcaster. For much of 2008, Adamle worked for World Wrestling Entertainment in a variety of roles, including interviewer, play-by-play commentator, Mike Adamle grew up in Kent, Ohio and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1967. His father, Tony Adamle, also some success with the Cleveland Browns in the 1940s and 1950s. Adamle played collegiate football for Northwestern University as part of their team the Wildcats, as a Wildcat, Adamle was team captain, an All-American fullback, and the Big Ten MVP in 1970. Adamles 316 rushing yards against the Wisconsin Badgers in 1969 still stands as a record for the most rushing yards in a game. After his college career, he played in the National Football League for six years. He joined the Kansas City Chiefs as a fourth draft pick. He also played for the New York Jets and Chicago Bears, after retiring from playing football professionally, Adamle joined NBC Sports, where he was both a studio host and sideline reporter for various events. He spent six years with NBC Sports, hosting SportsWorld and pre-game shows and he was also the host of GrandStand, which was both a pregame show for the National Football League and a sports anthology series during the NFLs off-season. In 1984, he was ABCs sideline reporter for the United States Football League, in 2001, Adamle returned to sideline reporting when he joined KNBCs Fred Roggin on NBCs primary XFL broadcast team. He was also the co-host of American Gladiators from 1989 to 1996, in addition, he was a contender in a celebrity contenders show towards the end of the shows run. Adamle also co-hosted International Gladiators with the UK and Australian Hosts and he appeared on the fourth-season premiere of Family Matters playing himself in a fictional episode of American Gladiators. After American Gladiators ended, he became a reporter for ESPN and he has also covered the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. In the summer of 2005, Adamle was the host of another NBC property, in July 2006, Adamle became a color commentator for the Professional Bull Riders s Built Ford Tough Series. On January 27,2008 at the Royal Rumble, Adamle began working as an interviewer for World Wrestling Entertainment and he then worked on WWE Raw as an interviewer, often making mistakes with each onscreen appearance. During his debut, he referred to Jeff Hardy as Jeff Harvey. He later became ECWs play-by-play announcer on April 15, replacing Joey Styles, Adamle continued to make frequent mistakes during his commentary duties on ECW, with former ECW owner and booker Paul Heyman and former talent Lance Storm criticizing Adamle for them. On April 29, Adamle left a broadcast of ECW before the main event match and this was worked into a storyline as WWE reported that Adamle and Tazz may have left due to fan criticism of Adamles commentary

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Mike Golic
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Michael Louis Golic is a co-host of ESPN Radios Mike & Mike and a former National Football League defensive lineman. He is also an analyst for ESPN and ESPN2s NFL studio programming, Golic joined ESPN in 1995 as a reporter/analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown. Since then he has worked as the commentator for the Arena Football League. In 1998, Golic began serving as college football analyst for ESPN and ABC, and was an original analyst for NFL 2Night, Golic is also the host of the long-running syndicated sports highlights, bloopers, and gag show called The Lighter Side of Sports. Golic was born and raised in Willowick, Ohio and attended St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Golic graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 as a finance and management major. He served as captain of the team during his senior season. Golic was drafted by the Houston Oilers selected in the 10th round with the 255th overall pick in the 1985 NFL Draft and he was an eight-year NFL veteran, playing defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers, Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins. He recorded 11.5 sacks and three interceptions in his career, Golic admitted to taking corticosteroids briefly while recovering from an injury. During his five years in Philadelphia, he decided to begin his career with a weekly segment on the Randall Cunningham Show. He received a Mid-Atlantic Region Emmy Award for his feature Golics Got It, since 1998 he has been the co-host of Mike & Mike with Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio and ESPN2. On April 27,2008, it was announced Golic would appear alongside footballs greatest players in the PS3 and Xbox 360 game, Golic made an appearance on ESPNs mini-series Tilt. He can be seen during the final episode eating a donut at the buffet table, Mike also appeared with Mike Greenberg on the TV series Guiding Light in 2008. In 2015, Golic was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Outstanding American category, Golics older brother, Bob Golic, also played at University of Notre Dame. Their father, Bob, also played football, Mike and Bob appeared with brother Greg on the May 28,2009 of Mike and Mike in the Morning broadcast from Progressive Field in Cleveland. Their father, Lou Golic, also made a brief appearance, the three Golic brothers again appeared together on Mike and Mike on May 7,2010 and May 9,2012, when the show broadcast from Progressive Field. Golic has stated numerous times on Mike and Mike he is a Cleveland Indians, Golic currently endorses ESPN College PickEm for Dr Pepper and the Nutrisystem program, which he temporarily lost more than 50 pounds on. He also endorses Tabasco hot sauce and Smithfield Foods deli products, Golic also began endorsing Philadelphias Steven Singer Jewelers in 2011. Golic resides in Avon, Connecticut with his wife Christine, all three of Golics children attended Notre Dame

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ArenaBowl
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The ArenaBowl is the Arena Football Leagues championship game. From 1987 to 2004, the ArenaBowl was hosted by either the team with the better regular-season record or the higher seeding in the playoffs, from ArenaBowl XIX in 2005 until ArenaBowl XXII in 2008, the game was played at a neutral site. When the AFL returned from a hiatus in 2010, the original format was used for this and the next season, for 2012 and 2013. In 2014, it was announced that the ArenaBowl would return to the format in which the team would host the game. The current ArenaBowl Champions are the Philadelphia Soul, who won their second ArenaBowl championship in 2016. The 2016 ArenaBowl was played on August 26 between the Philadelphia Soul and the Arizona Rattlers, the time in the past five years that these two teams have met in the ArenaBowl. * Neutral Site The Pittsburgh Gladiators relocated in 1991 to become the Tampa Bay Storm, the Nashville Kats relocated in 2002 to become the Georgia Force. The Kats were brought back as a team in 2005

The Arena Football League (AFL) is a professional indoor American football league in the United States. It was founded …

An AFL goalpost

The Arena Football 1 logo (2009–2010) before the group became the new AFL. AF1 is the current legal entity owner, but has rights to the original AFL intellectual property, so this logo is not currently in use.